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Outbreak of Zika Virus Infections, Dominica, 2016

In February 2016, the World Health Organization declared the pandemic of Zika virus a public health emergency. On March 4, 2016, Dominica reported its first autochthonous Zika virus disease case; subsequently, 1,263 cases were reported. We describe the outbreak through November 2016, when the last k...

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Autores principales: Ryan, Sadie J., Carlson, Colin J., Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M., Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J., Romero, Moory M., Cox, Shelly-Ann, Mahon, Roché, Trotman, Adrian, St. Ville, Sylvester, Ahmed, Shalauddin
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048289
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.171140
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author Ryan, Sadie J.
Carlson, Colin J.
Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M.
Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J.
Romero, Moory M.
Cox, Shelly-Ann
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Trotman, Adrian
St. Ville, Sylvester
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description In February 2016, the World Health Organization declared the pandemic of Zika virus a public health emergency. On March 4, 2016, Dominica reported its first autochthonous Zika virus disease case; subsequently, 1,263 cases were reported. We describe the outbreak through November 2016, when the last known case was reported.
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spelling pubmed-56524282017-11-01 Outbreak of Zika Virus Infections, Dominica, 2016 Ryan, Sadie J. Carlson, Colin J. Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M. Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J. Romero, Moory M. Cox, Shelly-Ann Mahon, Roché Trotman, Adrian St. Ville, Sylvester Ahmed, Shalauddin Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter In February 2016, the World Health Organization declared the pandemic of Zika virus a public health emergency. On March 4, 2016, Dominica reported its first autochthonous Zika virus disease case; subsequently, 1,263 cases were reported. We describe the outbreak through November 2016, when the last known case was reported. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5652428/ /pubmed/29048289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.171140 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M.
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Cox, Shelly-Ann
Mahon, Roché
Trotman, Adrian
St. Ville, Sylvester
Ahmed, Shalauddin
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